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A prism is a polyhedron with two congruent polygonal faces and with all remaining faces parallelograms.

Prism is an elementary-school-level concept. It is listed in the California State Standards for Grade 2.


Classroom Articles on Solid Geometry

  • Cone
  • Polyhedron
  • Convex Hull
  • Pyramid
  • Cross Section
  • Solid Geometry
  • Cube
  • Sphere
  • Cylinder
  • Surface
  • Dodecahedron
  • Surface Area
  • Icosahedron
  • Tetrahedron
  • Octahedron
  • Volume
  • Platonic Solid

  • Classroom Articles on Geometry (Up to Elementary-School Level)

  • Acute Angle
  • Octagon
  • Angle
  • Parallel
  • Area
  • Parallelogram
  • Circle
  • Pentagon
  • Decagon
  • Perimeter
  • Diameter
  • Perpendicular
  • Dodecagon
  • Point
  • Equilateral Triangle
  • Polygon
  • Geometric Construction
  • Quadrilateral
  • Hendecagon
  • Radius
  • Heptagon
  • Rectangle
  • Hexagon
  • Regular Polygon
  • Isosceles Triangle
  • Right Triangle
  • Nonagon
  • Square
  • Obtuse Angle
  • Triangle